A score of people belonging to Hazara Community reached the hospital and registered their protest by raising slogans against the government and law enforcing agencies over their failure to protect the life and property of civilians.

A group angry protestors also blocked the Jinnah Road and forced shops in the area to shut down. Some people armed with sophisticated weapons harassed the doctors and journalists and surrounded the hospital. An Express News reporter, Arif Mehmood, sustained minor injuries during a stampede at the hospital after some people brandished weapons.

A passer-by identified Nor Azam received bullet wounds when some people resorted to aerial firing as they condemned the killing.

However, security forces and police reached the hospital and controlled the situation.

DIG operations Qazi Wahid said police were investigating the incident and will interview the shopkeepers who were present there when incident took place.